Emily Pitek Clifford was hired as Birmingham-Southern's fourth
Head Women's Soccer Coach on March 5, 2013, after serving three
seasons as Assistant Coach.

Pitek Clifford spent the last three seasons as Assistant Coach,
helping the Panthers to a 2012 Southern Athletic Association
Tri-Championship and a Southern Collegiate Athletic Association
(SCAC) semifinal appearance in 2011. Since her arrival in 2010, the
Panthers have posted a 33-18-3 overall record and a 17-7-1 in
conference play.

Before she came to BSC, Pitek Clifford served in the same role
at a rival SCAC institution, Sewanee: The University of the South.
While with the Tigers, she helped the squad to a fifth place finish
in 2008, only to better that and finish second in league play in
2009; they finished the year ranked eighth in the South region.

Prior to coaching, Pitek Clifford, a Buffalo, N.Y., native, was
a four-year starter for the University of Alabama from 2003-2006.
Pitek Clifford served as team captain her junior and senior seasons
(2005, 2006) for the Tide. In 2004, she was awarded with the Most
Valuable Defender award for the team and the inaugural Crimson Tide
School Spirit Award in 2005.

Prior to graduating from Alabama with a B.A. in English, Pitek
Clifford served time coaching numerous teams in Tuscaloosa. She
spent two years as head coach of the Tuscaloosa County High
School's girls varsity program (2007, 2008), the head coach of the
West Alabama Soccer Association U12 girls team (2007), and has also
coached for the Alabama Parks and Recreation Association
(2007).